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Tiny Bird Found In Cockpit Forces Delta Flight To Make A U-Turn
Afghan girls robotics team land in US after visa U-turn
A team of Afghan girls who were earlier denied visas to attend a Washington robotics competition landed in the United States early Saturday following an intervention by US President Donald Trump. The six-member team were greeted at Dulles International Airport by a throng of supporters, including Afghan ambassador Hamdullah Mohib and acting special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Alice G Wells, and were presented with bouquets. “Our acting special rep to #Afghanistan/#Pakistan welcomes #AfghanRoboticsTeam to USA! Go girls!,” tweeted State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert.
Rattled UK PM May forced into 'dementia tax' U-turn after poll lead halves
By Kylie MacLellan and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May was forced to backtrack on one of her most striking election pledges on Monday to force elderly people to pay more for their social care after her party’s opinion poll lead halved in just a few days. Six opinion polls published in the past three days have all shown the Conservative Party’s lead over the opposition Labour Party narrow by between 2 and 9 percentage points, though all project May will win the election. May said Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and other opponents had tried to scare the elderly by spreading “fake claims” about her plan to transfer more of the cost from taxpayers to recipients who can afford to fund care themselves.
